I.  BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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Introduction

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Acknowledgements

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Little Sioux River Basin

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Terraces

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A Complex Fluvial Response

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A Brief Woodfordian and Holocene Geological History of the Valley

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II.  THE FIELD TRIP

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Introduction

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The Lower Valley:  Bellow Anthon

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The Erosion Surface Valley:  Anthon to Cherokee

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Stop 1.  Bacon Creek

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Stop 2.  Stratton Creek

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Stop 3.  Ashton Creek

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Stop 4.  Quimby Ash Site

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Stop 5.  Loess Covered Terrace

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Stop 6.  Rock Creek

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The Tazewell Valley:  Cherokee to Waterman Creek including Mill Creek

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Stop 7.  Townhall Site

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Stop 8.  Tazewell Outwash Channel

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Stop 9.  Upland T1 Site

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Stop 12.  Holocene Alluviation

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Stop 13.  Hanging Valley

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Stop 14.  Dog Creek Hanging Meander Scar

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Stop 15.  Tazewell Till

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The Ice Marginal Valley:  Peterson to Gillett Grove

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Stop 10.  “The Straits”

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Stop 11.  Brook Creek Site

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Stop 16.  Willow Creek Site

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The Upper Valley:  Gillett Grove to Minnesota including Ocheyedan River

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Stop 17.  Glacial Lake Spencer

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III.  ROAD LOG

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